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>> Welcome Sheriff Joe Arpaio.>> Remember Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio? He likes to call himself, America's toughest sheriff. He's the guy who set up a desert tent city prison for inmates that he said would save money, and critics called inhumane.>> I have spent 55 years in law enforcement.

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>> He spoke at the Republican National Convention, and was an early supporter of Donald Trump. Anyway Arpaio could soon face criminal charges. A US federal judge is recommended prosecutors charge the Maricopa county sheriff with criminal content. The recommendation stands from a 2007 class action civil law suit. Accusing the sheriff and his deputies of unconstitutionally stopping, detaining, and questioning motorists based on the suspicion they were in the US illegally.

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The Feds got involved, and in 2013 a federal judge ruled sheriff's deputies had racially profiled Latino drivers, he ordered the sheriff to stop. But on Friday the judge said the sheriff violated that order. A spokesman for the US Attorney's Office in Phoenix says the referral for charges is under review.

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Criminal contempt if proven in court can result in fines and jail time. Arpaio's lawyer telling Reuters he's certain his client will be vindicated.